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As it relates to mr. flynn, general flynn has to understand -- and what it looks like is general flynn had a conversation with former deputy director andrew mccabe who's how to since been fired, which is amazing because now we see -- and congress -- individuals from congress are saying that mr. mccabe has lied to the fbi on four separate occasions. if that's the case then mr. mccabe needs to be held to the same standard as everybody else which lying to the fbi is a felony and we need to open an investigation and see if charges ought to be brought against him as well. >> it just does seem from ...

President? >> well, that's right. we have asked white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders in recent days if the president has discussed pardoning manafort, flynn, anyone else. she has insisted that that's not the case. but you are right to point that out, andrea. as well as the fact that typically when we asked the white house about manafort or van der zwaan, they've really tried to distance themselves. ty cobb, the president's lawyer who handles all things related to russia has in the past cast van der zwaan as someone who didn't really have anything to do with the trump campaign and...

Russia and in some instances china here. so we have to work with those individuals to make sure that we have opportunities to denuclearize north korea. does that mean vladimir putin will be coming to washington? we don't know. but we have to make sure that we can work with those entities for the betterment of the world which is a denuclearizing north korea. >> you've got such good political radar, having run the campaign and being involved in politics for so long with donald trump. should he consider pardons for people like manafort and flynn? how much of a political firestorm would that cause...

Investigation, mueller has the option of issuing a subpoena and that would trigger that question of whether the president is amenable to that subpoena or whether he has -- whether a grand jury can in fact not compel them to give testimony. >> and of course that will probably be the question most immediate immediately answered and also it seems the trump legal team needs to be careful in some of their challenges because they may begin a losing streak that will end in a place they don't want it to end. mark mazzetti, let me ask you about the breaking news that flashed across all of our phones an...

The president tweeting sunday, "there is so much guilt by democrats/clinton. and now the facts are pouring out. do something." and what will the president do if mueller continues to focus on his associates and not clinton's? is he going to rule out once and for all firing robert mueller? >> the president said last week, i believe it was last week, and i've said several times before, there's no intention or plan to make any changes in regards to the special counsel. >> no intention or plan to fire robert mueller. careful words there. jon karl with us live from the white house. because jon, you ...